nahuatlahtoh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• nahuatlahto
• nahuatlato
• nauatlato

Etymology

Preterite agentive of nāhuatlahtoa (“to interpret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːwaˈtɬaʔtoʔ]

Noun

nāhuatlahtoh anim (plural nāhuatlahtohqueh)

1. An interpreter.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 150r:

     Ynterprete. nauatlato.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 151v:

     Ladina coſa. nauatlato. tetlatolmatini.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 17C: Chimalpahin, Crónica mexicayotl, f. 60r.

     ce español ytoca Juan grande nahuatlahto audiencia real

     (A Spaniard named Juan Grande, an interpreter in the Audiencia Real)

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 166–167